Baptisms, Marriages, & Funerals
Rites are prescribed for various sacraments, offices, and occasions in liturgical churches such as the Episcopal Church.
Rites includes both what is said and what is done in the religious observance. A rite expresses the church’s relationship with God through words, actions, and symbols. It orders the church’s common worship. Rite enables the community to share its faith and experience God’s presence in a particular liturgical and pastoral context. Divine transcendence is to be known through participation in the specific and finite realities of rite.
Baptism:
Before you were born, God chose you to be a part of his family. The sacrament of baptism demonstrates this in powerful liturgy of water, word, and table.
Marriage:
The bond and covenant of marriage signifies the mystery of the union between Christ and his Church, and is to be honored among all people.
Funerals:
We mourn for the death of our loved ones, but celebrate the life lived on earth and the assurance of eternal life.
Please contact our church office to learn more about any of these rites:
parishadmin@ststephensandthevine.org
314-521-0138